Coelorachis


Coelorachis is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas., its taxonomic status is confused.

Taxonomy

The genus Coelorachis was erected by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart in 1831. Two misspellings have created some confusion. In 1836, Stephan Endlicher used the spelling Coelorhachis. In 1882, Ferdinand von Mueller used the spelling Coelorrhacis.
, sources varied in their treatment of the genus. Some treated it as a synonym of the genus Mnesithea. Others, like the World Flora Online, treated it as a synonym of the genus Rottboellia. Plants of [the World Online] treated it as a synonym of the genus Eremochloa.
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see ''Eremochloa Hemarthria Lasiurus Mnesithea Phacelurus Rhytachne Rottboellia''